> the only realistic nuclear defense is nonproliferation. Russia would never accept that considering their conventional weakness... And let's be real, without

> the only realistic nuclear defense is nonproliferation. Russia would never accept that considering their conventional weakness... And let's be real, without their nukes there would already be a desert storm russia edition. So what other options are there? The rest of your comment is pretty well thought out and yeah, it's probably still bad but better then it was in the cold war. Only counterpoint is that same arguments were made when patriots were installed in estern europe... and in hindsight it was a great idea, patriots can intercept those kalibr missiles you mention. So... add patriots along the coast and problem solved, it's a matter of cost. That can be solved when your life is on the line. Which leads me to something else, in case of emergency/martial law, you can take over anything you want, including starlink. It's not a big issue as you note. Alternatively, DoD can have a secret contract with enough money or court order forcing spacex to do anything. So carrot and stick.